Tibet 1 Sho - In the name of Qianlong, 1735-1796, 58 – 61
Information
Country
Tibet
Tibet
Currency
Srang
(1792 – 1959)
Coin type
Standard circulation coin
Denomination
1 Sho
Year
58 – 61
Ruler
Ganden Phodrang
(1642–1959)
Composition
Silver
Shape
Round
Alignment
Medal alignment ↑↑
Weight (g)
3.72
Diameter (mm)
27
Demonetized
Yes
Description
1 Sho from Tibet. Issued from 58 to 61. Struck in Silver. Measures 27 mm and weighs 3.72 g.
- Obverse
- Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left with clouds at the corners, all with more ideograms around (indicating the year). (Qian Long Bao Cang / Nian Wu Shi Jiu Qianlong (Emperor) / Tibetan coin / Year 59)
- Reverse
- Tibetan characters read top to bottom, right to left with clouds at the corners, all with more characters around (indicating the year). (cha'n lung pa'u gtsang / lnga bcu nga dgu Qianlong (Emperor) / Tibetan coin / Fifty nine (year))
- Edge
- Smooth.
Mintage & Variants
| Date | Mintage | Comment | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 (1796) | — | C#72.2: 五六十一 / དགུ་ ཅུ་ རེ་གཅིག་ | 7% | |
| 60 (1795) | — | C#72: 五六十 / དགུ་ ཅུ་ ཐམ་པ་ (26-27mm) | 20% | |
| 60 (1795) | — | C#72.2: 五六十 / དགུ་ ཅུ་ ཐམ་པ་ (27-30mm) | 7% | |
| 59 (1794) | — | C#72: 年五十九 / ལྔ་བཅུ་ང་ དགུ་ | 40% | |
| 58 (1793) | — | C#72: 年五十八 / ལྔ་བཅུ་ང་ བརྒྱད་ (26-27mm) | 60% | |
| 58 (1793) | — | C#72.1: 年五十八 / ལྔ་བཅུ་ང་ བརྒྱད་ (23-24mm) | 7% |
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